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Brookview Elementary 'mini forest' reported as community and educational success
West Des Moines City Council · November 4, 2025
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Summary
Volunteers, students and city staff turned a 2024 planting at Brookview Elementary into Iowa’s first mini forest; council praised the project and organizers said trees and educational features are thriving.
At the Nov. 3 West Des Moines City Council meeting, volunteer organizer Walter Pearson updated the council on Iowa’s first mini forest at Brookview Elementary, planted in May 2024.
Pearson said the original planting included 28 trees and bushes across 28 species and involved about 600…
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